We found this bottled juice from Russia at Garden Fresh. It's a dark purple juice with a flavor reminiscent of black currant and Concord grape juice with a strong grassy component and an astringent bite.
Now I am trying to figure out if "ashberry" is really a chokecherry -- i.e.
Aronia prunifolia or
Aronia melanocarpa -- or if it is the fruit of the black ash tree,
Fraxinus nigra. Googling, I found some sites that refer to ashberry as "Russian grape," but without further detail.